Four Portraits for Violin

Title

Four Portraits for Violin

Description

Black composer, jazz pianist, arranger and conductor Billy Childs comosed "Four Portraits for Violin" on commission from Rachel Barton Pine. The premiere took place in 2017 by Rachel Barton Pine at the University of Kentucky.

The work contains four movements:
1. Prelude and Allegro
2. Adagio Lirico
3. Pavane
4. Gigue.

Creator

Childs, Billy (b. 1957)

Source

Billy Childs (personal website), https://billychilds.com/
Billy Childs, Four Portraits : for solo violin (score), https://www.tfront.com/p-500695-four-portraits-for-solo-violin.aspx
Grant Park Music Festival, "An Evening with Rachel Barton Pine and Billy Childs" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ELDCoeYd9M

Date

2016

Coverage

2000-

Instrumentation

violin / violon

Ensemble Type

solo

Citation

Childs, Billy (b. 1957), “Four Portraits for Violin,” Music EnLivened, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/186.

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